pharaoh
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Four of the six individuals were sisters and daughters of the pharaoh Amenemhat II. They had been placed in matching underground burial chambers.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 30, 2026
Historical brain teasers: Do you know which pharaoh the Great Pyramid of Giza was constructed for?
From Slate ● Aug. 19, 2026
A thousand small cylindrical acrylic mirrors planted in the sand compose a Morse code poem imagining a dialogue between Tangun, the legendary founder of the first Korean kingdom, and an Egyptian pharaoh.
From Barron's ● Nov. 11, 2025
They’ve done it with the obsession of a pharaoh chipping away all mentions of his predecessors from obelisks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2025
According to the rules of the dynasty, Cleopatra now married her youngest brother, Ptolemy XIV, and resumed her seat on the throne as Egypt’s pharaoh.
From "Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen" by Susan Blackaby
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Commonly Misspelled Words, List 4
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Ancient Egypt and Kush, Lessons 1–3
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